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  • It’s no secret or surprise: Families have it rough right now. We are struggling. Caregivers agonize over making educational decisions for the younger members of their families while, in many cases, choosing between income and adequate childcare. Misinformation continues to be rampant, and the…

    By Natalie Briscoe | August 17, 2020 | From Southern Region

  • If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. — Meister Eckhart (Rev. Kenn Hurto uses this quote all the time) …

    By Southern Region of the UUA | July 14, 2020 | From Southern Region

  • The majority of congregational boards turn over in the late spring/early summer months. In general, you would be planning your board retreats at this time, but these uncertain times call us into a different way of being together and working together. …

    By Natalie Briscoe | July 14, 2020 | From Southern Region

  • Thank you to all the Board Presidents, Ministers and other congregational leaders who took our call or got back to us when we reached out to you during our COVID-19 check-ins early in the spring.

    By Carlton Elliott Smith | June 15, 2020 | From Southern Region

  • Yesterday someone said to me – “well — what will this all look like when it’s over?” The question was in earnest. I looked at them. I smiled, they needed something from me that I did not have — an answer. I have never been here before, I don’t know — but they needed something to hang on to…

    By Connie Goodbread | June 13, 2020 | From Southern Region

  • I’m writing to share with you a recent development in my professional life. As of June 15, I will begin my new position as Lead for the Pacific Western Region (PWR) of our Unitarian Universalist Association.

    By Carlton Elliott Smith | May 28, 2020 | From Southern Region

  • The Covid-19 pandemic has caused us to radically rethink the ways in which we do congregational life as Unitarian Universalists.

    By Carlton Elliott Smith | May 8, 2020 | From Southern Region

  • Remember what is at the heart of Unitarian Universalism. Remember those values that will sustain you as we move deeper into this time of unknowing and solitude. For me I come back over and over to the love that holds me and that I am accountable to.

    By Connie Goodbread | April 30, 2020 | From Southern Region

  • Like everyone else, we, your Southern Region UUA Staff, continue to adjust to the emerging reality that is the COVID-19 pandemic. As individuals, we have taken on hygiene, healthy distancing and wiping down surfaces with appropriate fervor.

    By Carlton Elliott Smith | April 9, 2020 | From Southern Region

  • As we move forward into this anxious time, how we do what we do will make all the difference in helping to control the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

    By Natalie Briscoe, Connie Goodbread | March 13, 2020 | From Southern Region